Improvement in retainer for neckties



waited tapes JAMES n. BISHOP, CE NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT.

Letters Patent No, 98,660, dated .Tamm/ryl y11, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN RETAINER FOR NECK'I'IES.

vThe Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

T o all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES B. BISHOP, of New Haven,.in the county of New Haven, and State of Connecticut, haveiuvented a new and useful Necktie or Scarf-Fastener and Collar-Supporter; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and

exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification.

The -object of this invention is to provide a simple, eiicientand ornament-al fastener and supporter for the necktie and collar; and

It consists in the peculiar construction of parts arranged for attachment to t e stud or shirt-button, is'

adapted to support the collar under its folds, and also for the attachment of the necktie or scarf lto said fastener without sewing, as hereinafter more fully specied,

Figure 1 is a' front view. Figure2'is a view, showing the pin more particuiarly.

Similar letters of reference indicate correspondingv of allowing the scarf or tie to be lowered, without showing the wire E E E above it, said wire E E E being connected, by metal bands GG, with the doublecurve spring-wire B B, which basan abrupt bend at C, as shown in fig. 1for securing the entire device to the stud or shirt-button; also, a continuation of said spring-wire B B by abrupt bends, forming a pin, with a spring of two turns, as shown at D d, gsf 1 and 2, and more particularly in iig. 2; also, as a continuation of said spring-Wire B B,a catch for fastening the pin, as shown in said figs. 1 and 2, letter H, said pin and catch being for the purpose of fastening the scarf or tie to the whole device. t

The whole device rests on the stud or shirt-button at C, and supports the collar in an upright position, also retaining the necktie in position.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim as new, and as an article of manufacture, and'desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

`The neektie or scarf-fastener and collar-supporter, constructed, as'above4 described, of the curved wire E A F, the curved spring B B, and the spring and pin D d and catch H, both wires E A E and B B being connected by means of the bands G G, all arranged `as described for the purpose specified.

. JAS. B. BISHOP. .t

Witnesses:

EDWARD BULKLEY, Jr., .EDWARD A. ANKETELL. 

